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Book Review of: Zafar, Samra (with Meg Masters) (2019). A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose
No full textBook Review of Calvert, K. (2015). June Mickle: One Woman\u27s Life in the Foothills and Mountains of Western Canada.
No full textBook Review of Calvert, K. (2015). June Mickle: One Woman\u27s Life in the Foothills and Mountains of Western Canada.
No full textReporting Unwanted Sexual Behaviour at a Post-Secondary Institution: Student Understandings of Campus Policy
No full textThe Ontario government recently mandated all universities and colleges in Ontario, Canada to create a sexual violence policy that involves student input. Using a small commuter university in southwestern Ontario as a case study, this article examined student perceptions of an existing university sexual violence policy. More specifically, we conducted online qualitative research with seventeen students using an open-ended inductive, exploratory instrument. We asked students to read and define aspects of their university’s sexual violence policy in their own words. The objective of this research was to examine if students adequately comprehended the language of the policy, how to report, who to report to, feel safe reporting, and whether or not they find the reporting process supportive of their needs. Also discussed are student recommendations for what they would like to see in university sexual violence policies.
 
From the Inside Out: Effects of Parental Incarceration on Children
No full textWhile incarceration rates have been increasing, conversations and knowledge on children with incarcerated parents have not. Children, like their parents, undergo challenges and serious adaptations when they lose their guardian to the criminal justice system. Studies done on children of incarcerated adults show the disproportionate impact on racialized and marginalized populations within Canada, as well as the economic consequences that follow. Due to various factors that unravel during these children’s lives, they face more social risks than many other individuals developing at the same time under separate circumstances.
 
Book Review of: Rosenbaum, Linda. (2014). Not Exactly as Planned: A Memoir of Adoption, Secrets and Abiding Love. Bradford, ON: Demeter Press.
No full textBook Review of: Rosenbaum, Linda. (2014). Not Exactly as Planned: A Memoir of Adoption, Secrets and Abiding Love. Bradford, ON: Demeter Press.
No full textBook Review of: Knuttila, M. (2016). Paying for Masculinity: Boys, Men and the Patriarchal Dividend. Halifax, NS: Fernwood Publishing.
No full textThe Influence of Emotional Support from Parents, Peers, and Romantic Partners on Changes in Purpose in Life and Mastery in Young Adulthood
No full textPurpose in life and mastery over one’s environment are important assets for positive youth development but little is known about how they change or interact during the transition to young adulthood, or how they may be moderated by support from relationships. The current study examines longitudinal associations between purpose in life and mastery in a sample of Canadian youth (N = 662) ages 18 to 29 across three biennial waves of data. Purpose in life and mastery were reciprocally associated within and across time, suggesting that these assets develop in tandem. However, emotional support from friends and romantic partners also moderated the associations. Specifically, the reciprocal association were significant for youth with high levels of friend and romantic partner support, but not for youth with low levels of support. Father and mother emotional support did not moderate the pathways. Findings highlight the importance of peer and romantic partner emotional support in cultivating youth’s sense of purpose in life and mastery during the transition to young adulthood